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Sure that we can protect our people and operations against any threat, any threat. >> can i just -- i just want to be clear. you are nowhere near the demand for getting people out is nowhere near the 5,000 to 9,000 that you have established and maintain capacity to do, right? two is what's the best estimate. american citizens are the first priority. what's the best estimate that you guys have that you will work through those and then you can turn kind of full-time as it were to sivs, afghans or whatever? >> a couple of points on this. as the general said we have the capacity now. there is cert...

Number of airframes are landing at kabul and we're just taking them off empty. we are trying to make maximum use of the ramp space, of the aircraft, and of the queue. and we are going to adjust that every day. the demand will drive -- the demand and the queue will drive how many flights we fly. your second question? >> what's the best estimate? >> american citizens. i think as the general briefed, just in the last 24 hours of the 2000 that got out, it was a mix of american citizens and family members as well as seshl immigrant visa applicants and other at-risk afghans and you will see that eve...

During trump's administration? >> i don't know. i mean, look, it started with the trump administration. trump, you know, ran on a platform of ending forever wars and he significantly decreased the number of troops, we reported a lot of veteran commanders who said 8,000 to 9,000 was the minimum, to keep the lid on the violence and keep supporting the afghans so that all this diplomacy could happen and trump took a chance by negotiating with the taliban and here we are. but it's on biden, who, you know, ran it over the goal line and made this decision to pull out and kristen's right, what can we...

Aircraft, along with things like the a-10, the b-52, these are old airframes and yet they've never designed or built anything better for the task. >> you know, this aircraft, last time there was a crash of this aircraft was very nearly 40 years ago. you mentioned the b-52. the pilots who are currently flying the b-52, their grandfathers, literally their grandfathers also flew the b-52. we have some very good pieces of equipment. we have some fantastic people, not enough of either, in my view, to protect this country. >> jack, does anyone worry about how this looks? the piling up of these incid...

This piece of equipment, this aircraft, because there's often a reaction in washington and elsewhere to just, you know, try to modernize and replace something when, in fact, this aircraft, along with things like the a-10, the b-52, these are old airframes and yet they've never designed or built anything better for the task. >> you know, this aircraft, last time there was a crash of this aircraft was very nearly 40 years ago. you mentioned the b-52. the pilots who are currently flying the b-52, their grandfathers, literally their grandfathers also flew the b-52. we have some very good pieces of...